It seems to have been in development forever doesn't it? The long wait for Mercenaries 2: World in Flames finally seems to be coming to an end though, we've got the minimum and recommended specs right here. Will you need a supercomputer to run it? Will the 8800GT remain triumphant? The suspense is killing me!

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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare ran pretty darn well on just about everything and World at War is built on the same engine, so these decidedly reasonable minimum requirements come as no surprise.

Of course if you want to to play the game at a cornea melting 2560 x 1600, you might have to get one of these bad boys.

So, do you make the grade?

Ubisoft has announced the minimal and recommended hardware requirements for the PC version of Far Cry 2. It's no Crysis, don't worry. Anyhow, check out the full article for the enumerated specs.

It's like a geek's dream come true - two ladies you've always wanted for the price (and mass-energy ratio) of one. Or something like that. While Intel's really busy with Larabee, the Germany-based Advanced Micro Devices decided that they could do with their own version of CPU-GPU technology. Everyone expected this from the beginning: the unison of CPU (AMD) and the GPU (ATI) into a mesmerizing package. How it took this long to come to realization, you won't find out at the full story. Read on for more claims, instead.

And the technology wars begin. Just when you thought NVIDIA had the last say in the verbal bout of "who's processing power gargles nuts now?" Intel decided that it was time to take the graphics game to a higher level. Today, we're introduced to Intel's "Larrabee" - a much rumored CPU concept prototype designed to carry some form of graphics processing as well. Suddenly itching for more? Full story now, pardner.

Another week goes by, but we've been busy little bees, haven't we? While many have taken to experimenting with beam cannons and their relationship with space debris, others have been wrestling with balancing issues in an alternate era where the Cold War never really died. Still, news never stopped churning for enthusiasts and gamers on the PC, and we'll revisit what happened this week at this issue of the PC Weekend Warrior.

Gamers with top-range laptops, this news is for you. NVIDIA spread the word that the GeForce 9M line for mobile computing platforms has been finalized and put to market, prompting the consumer electronics division of every laptop brand known to mankind to update their product portfolios. But are they worth the jump to the latest, greatest, and most undoubtedly, priciest? Find out at the full story.

A bit late in the news but still cinder-hot is the announcement from consumer graphics technology leaders NVIDIA which introduced two new players into the graphics solutions market. And as you can tell, they aren't the biggest ever. In fact, one of them has been spun over the rumor mill a few times before. The second is a new entry with some promise to get the lower end machine hopping onto the mid-level powerhouse range. Details at the full story.

Sometimes possessing the bleeding edge in consumer graphics isn't enough. Having cards dancing at the knife edge is also a quest for some. Its this fact in a hardware enthusiast's life that news of the official Beta drivers from NVIDIA ring like angels' voices in their ears, and you can be sure that the first few hundred thousand downloads are the guys with rigs to boast. Learn what's cooking with NVIDIA's latest official "test" drivers at the full story.

Okay, so maybe it's just mere speculation that these specifications could - we stress could - reflect the actual system requirements needed to run the final build of Command & Conquer Red Alert 3, but Electronic Arts says we shouldn't take it as such. The developer just raised the curtains on the requirements of Red Alert 3's multiplayer Beta, which you  could view at the full story.